General Spiritual Director
Bonus Bulletin 8 July
Jul 8, 2026
More than 200 people came together at KMC Barcelona for the 2026 Northern Dharma Celebration to study, meditate, and share the spiritual path as a community.
Booking Opens Tomorrow – Thursday 18 June at 13:00 (UK Time)
Booking for the International Kadampa Fall Festival opens Thursday 18 June – 13:00 UK Time
Visiting Teachers brought practical wisdom and joyful inspiration to Kadampa communities in Fort Collins and Guadalajara, helping participants discover greater inner peace, concentration, and freedom from anxiety.
The conclusion of the 2026 Spring Festival offers us an opportunity to reflect on this truly inspiring event.
The temple is full of dedicated practitioners from around the world meditating in two final sessions on deepening our mind of compassion until it transforms into the compassion of a Buddha. In this way we awaken our Buddha nature – wishing to attain Enlightenment for all living beings.
Kadampa Festivals always conclude with a short but powerful retreat on the teachings we have received. Gen-la Sangden guides us to clear objects of meditation, emphasising developing cherishing love and compassion.
Over two sessions today Gen-la Khyenrab completes the teachings, sharing oral instructions and Geshe-la’s essential teachings on the Eight Verses of Training the Mind originally composed almost 1000 years ago.
It’s another beautiful day at the Festival. It’s warm and sunny, and the atmosphere is happy, relaxed and very blessed. We start the day with beautiful Amitayus prayers and this is followed by a series of extraordinary teachings from Gen-la Khyenrab giving deep insight into the practice alongside practical teachings from The New Eight Steps to Happiness.
After the meditations, as people congregate over lunch and in the cafés, there is an air of anticipation, with everyone looking forward to the main event of the day: the Blessing Ceremony of Buddha Amitayus, the Buddha of Long Life.
